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"The Secret Government" a Bill Moyers Production
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The most revealing book yet available about the ":Invisable" Nazi Empire that went "corporate" in 1945
Martin Bormann - Nazi in Exile
by Paul Manning 1980, Lyle Stuart, Inc.
ISBN 0-8184-0309-8
Illustrated, 302 pages
http://spitfirelist.com/?p=1840
See also: About Paul Manning
In late 2005, American popular culture paid homage to one of the greatest journalists of all time. In “Goodnight and Good Luck,” the life and work of CBS radio and television journalist Edward R. Murrow provided the material for a Hollywood feature film. Paul Manning was arguably the greatest of “Murrow’s Boys”—the group of skilled journalists Murrow ran in Europe during World War II. After training as a gunner and flying combat missions in both Europe and over Japan, Murrow broadcast the surrenders of both Germany and Japan on the CBS radio network. After the war, Manning undertook an investigation of Hitler’s Deputy, Martin Bormann, and the postwar capital network he ran. Partially underwritten by CBS, the story of the Bormann organization proved too sensitive for the network to report.
A decisively powerful network of corporate entities run by hardened SS veterans, the Bormann group constitutes what one veteran banker termed “the greatest concentration of money power under a single control in history.” The foundation of the organization’s clout is money—lots and lots of money. Controlling German big business and, through investments, much of the rest of the world’s economy, the organization was the repository for the stolen wealth of Europe, estimated by British intelligence to have totaled more than $180 billion by the end of 1943 (not including the money taken from Greece and the former Soviet Union, nor that taken after 1943.) [For more on the global economic significance of the Bormann group, see—among other programs—FTR#99.] This organization literally constitutes a postwar “Underground Reich” with (as discussed in FTR#155) a governing hierarchy composed of the sons and daughters of SS men, holding military ranks and titles from the Third Reich.
In addition to the enormous power deriving from its consummate economic clout, the Bormann group has wielded tremendous global influence through its intelligence and enforcement network. Administered by SS general Heinrich Mueller, the wartime head of the Gestapo, the Bormann group’s intelligence and security network was composed of some of the toughest, most capable veterans of the SS. In addition, the Bormann organization and Mueller’s security outfit have commanded the loyalty of the political, intelligence and military elements requisitioned by the Allies after the war. In that regard, the Bormann/Mueller operation could draw on the loyalties of the Reinhard Gehlen spy outfit that handled the CIA’s intelligence on the former Soviet Union and which ultimately became the intelligence service of the Federal Republic of Germany. In addition, Bormann and Mueller were the political masters of the numerous scientists recruited by the U.S. and other nations for their expertise during the Cold War, as well as the numerous Nazis brought into the U.S. under the auspices of the Crusade For Freedom. Those latter ultimately coalesced into a major element of the Republican Party. (For more about the Crusade for Freedom, see—among other programs—FTR#465.)
With its economic, political and espionage capabilities, the Bormann group embodies the triumph of the forces of National Socialism in the postwar period. Whereas the United States was the dominant element within the international cartel system prior to, and during, World War II, the Bormann group is the primary entity in the postwar global corporate economy.
The organization’s clout has successfully obscured its existence in the face of journalistic investigation. Compare the “official” fate of Bormann (supposedly killed at the end of the war) with demonstrable historical fact, as researched by Manning. Relating information from the FBI’s file on Bormann, Manning writes: “ . . .The file revealed that he had been banking under his own name from his office in Germany in Deutsche Bank of Buenos Aires since 1941; that he held one joint account with the Argentinian dictator Juan Peron, and on August 4, 5 and 14, 1967, had written checks on demand accounts in first National City Bank (Overseas Division) of New York, The Chase Manhattan Bank, and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co., all cleared through Deutsche Bank of Buenos Aires. . . .”
(Martin Bormann: Nazi in Exile, p. 205.)
FTR#305 is a condensation of some of the key segments of text from Manning’s landmark book. The story of the active suppression of Manning’s work on Bormann is contained in FTR#152 (side A). The moving tale of Manning’s heroic, decades-long investigation into the Bormann group is contained in a professional biography of Paul Manning that accompanies the text. That professional biography also recounts the professional retribution to which Manning was subjected in retaliation for his work (including the 1993 murder of his son Gerry.)
Readers interested the Manning text on Bormann should also investigate Gold Warriors by the Seagraves—the story of Japan’s postwar capital network and its profound relationship with the global economy.
Martin Borman - Nazi in Exile has also been posted as html by animalfarm.org.
by Paul Manning 1980, Lyle Stuart, Inc.
ISBN 0-8184-0309-8
Illustrated, 302 pages
http://spitfirelist.com/?p=1840
See also: About Paul Manning
In late 2005, American popular culture paid homage to one of the greatest journalists of all time. In “Goodnight and Good Luck,” the life and work of CBS radio and television journalist Edward R. Murrow provided the material for a Hollywood feature film. Paul Manning was arguably the greatest of “Murrow’s Boys”—the group of skilled journalists Murrow ran in Europe during World War II. After training as a gunner and flying combat missions in both Europe and over Japan, Murrow broadcast the surrenders of both Germany and Japan on the CBS radio network. After the war, Manning undertook an investigation of Hitler’s Deputy, Martin Bormann, and the postwar capital network he ran. Partially underwritten by CBS, the story of the Bormann organization proved too sensitive for the network to report.
A decisively powerful network of corporate entities run by hardened SS veterans, the Bormann group constitutes what one veteran banker termed “the greatest concentration of money power under a single control in history.” The foundation of the organization’s clout is money—lots and lots of money. Controlling German big business and, through investments, much of the rest of the world’s economy, the organization was the repository for the stolen wealth of Europe, estimated by British intelligence to have totaled more than $180 billion by the end of 1943 (not including the money taken from Greece and the former Soviet Union, nor that taken after 1943.) [For more on the global economic significance of the Bormann group, see—among other programs—FTR#99.] This organization literally constitutes a postwar “Underground Reich” with (as discussed in FTR#155) a governing hierarchy composed of the sons and daughters of SS men, holding military ranks and titles from the Third Reich.
In addition to the enormous power deriving from its consummate economic clout, the Bormann group has wielded tremendous global influence through its intelligence and enforcement network. Administered by SS general Heinrich Mueller, the wartime head of the Gestapo, the Bormann group’s intelligence and security network was composed of some of the toughest, most capable veterans of the SS. In addition, the Bormann organization and Mueller’s security outfit have commanded the loyalty of the political, intelligence and military elements requisitioned by the Allies after the war. In that regard, the Bormann/Mueller operation could draw on the loyalties of the Reinhard Gehlen spy outfit that handled the CIA’s intelligence on the former Soviet Union and which ultimately became the intelligence service of the Federal Republic of Germany. In addition, Bormann and Mueller were the political masters of the numerous scientists recruited by the U.S. and other nations for their expertise during the Cold War, as well as the numerous Nazis brought into the U.S. under the auspices of the Crusade For Freedom. Those latter ultimately coalesced into a major element of the Republican Party. (For more about the Crusade for Freedom, see—among other programs—FTR#465.)
With its economic, political and espionage capabilities, the Bormann group embodies the triumph of the forces of National Socialism in the postwar period. Whereas the United States was the dominant element within the international cartel system prior to, and during, World War II, the Bormann group is the primary entity in the postwar global corporate economy.
The organization’s clout has successfully obscured its existence in the face of journalistic investigation. Compare the “official” fate of Bormann (supposedly killed at the end of the war) with demonstrable historical fact, as researched by Manning. Relating information from the FBI’s file on Bormann, Manning writes: “ . . .The file revealed that he had been banking under his own name from his office in Germany in Deutsche Bank of Buenos Aires since 1941; that he held one joint account with the Argentinian dictator Juan Peron, and on August 4, 5 and 14, 1967, had written checks on demand accounts in first National City Bank (Overseas Division) of New York, The Chase Manhattan Bank, and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co., all cleared through Deutsche Bank of Buenos Aires. . . .”
(Martin Bormann: Nazi in Exile, p. 205.)
FTR#305 is a condensation of some of the key segments of text from Manning’s landmark book. The story of the active suppression of Manning’s work on Bormann is contained in FTR#152 (side A). The moving tale of Manning’s heroic, decades-long investigation into the Bormann group is contained in a professional biography of Paul Manning that accompanies the text. That professional biography also recounts the professional retribution to which Manning was subjected in retaliation for his work (including the 1993 murder of his son Gerry.)
Readers interested the Manning text on Bormann should also investigate Gold Warriors by the Seagraves—the story of Japan’s postwar capital network and its profound relationship with the global economy.
Martin Borman - Nazi in Exile has also been posted as html by animalfarm.org.
Paul Manning's book "Martin Bormann Nazi in Exile" will help explain our dire straights today
Terra and the Pirates
Anticipating the defeat of the Third Reich, Reichsleiter Martin Bormann set up 750 corporations in neutral countries, primed as vehicles to receive the liquid wealth of Germany in addition to patents and other proprietary industrial information. An organizational genius and the real power behind Hitler, Bormann, known as the "Brown Eminence", successfully fled Europe for South America and administered a "Reich in
Exile" in the years following the war. With remnants of the SS as an enforcement arm, former Gestapo chief General Heinrich Mueller as security director, the 750 corporations as a base of economic power and the willing silence and cooperation of the Western Allies, Bormann guided his organization to a position of consummate power. One banker quoted by Manning termed the Bormann Organization, the "world's most important accumulation of money power under one control in history". Controlling Germany's major corporations, the Federal Republic itself and much of Latin America, the Bormann Organization also maintained a formidable circle of influence in the United States. Paul Manning has written the definitive text on the Bormann Organization.
Manning worked with CBS radio during World War II in London as a member of the elite Edward R. Murrow/Walter Cronkite team. As part ofhis coverage duties, he was the only member actually allowed to fly on U.S. Air Force missions as a fully functional crew member. Having qualified as a gunner, his flights included B-17 missions with the 8th Air Force over Germany and several B-29 missions to Japan. On behalf of
CBS, he broadcasted the surrenders of Japan and Germany. In 1948, along with fifteen other distinguished war correspondents, he was awarded a medal for his reporting of the unconditional surrender of the Germans at Rheims. After the war Manning continued his journalistic profession and also served as a speechwriter for Nelson Rockefeller.
Several decades after WWII, Manning stumbled across the U.S. military CSDIC (Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centers) interviews of members of German industrial and banking magnates in the US National Archives. Aghast at the findings, Manning set out to write a book about the secret machinations of Nazi money laundering. Unknown to Manning, the manuscript was a stake in the heart of former CIA director Allen Dulles (brother of John Foster Dulles) who represented many German interests on both sides of the Atlantic during the 1930's and 40's through his law firm of Sullivan and Cromwell with offices in New York and Berlin. Upon the German surrender, Dulles was instrumental in quietly recruiting Hitler's chief intelligence officer General Reinhard Gehlen and many of his key operatives. They were brought to Fort Hunt, Virginia and folded into the American O.S.S. which was converted into the C.I.A. with enactment under Truman of NSC-68 in 1948. Gehlen remained covertly in full U.S. employ until returning to head the German BND in the fifties.
Concerned over public exposure of Manning's investigation, Dulles volunteered to "help" the unsuspecting Manning with his manuscript, and sent him on a carefully orchestrated wild goose chase, searching for Martin Bormann in South America. Without knowing that he had been deliberately sidetracked, Manning wrote a forward to his book personally thanking Allen Dulles for his assurance that "I was on the right track"
and "should keep going." In actuality, Dulles' assistance was aimed at sending Manning and his manuscript into obscurity to avoid disclosure of the transfer and protection of Nazi money.
Through its connections with major American corporations, the Bormann group successfully pressured publisher after publisher to decline Manning's manuscript. Of particular significance in the suppression of Manning's book was the Thyssen family.(patriarch Fritz Thyssen was
Hitler's earliest and most prominent backer among German industrialists) His grandson, Count Zichy-Thyssen, who controlled Thyssen Steel from his base in Argentina, let it be known it would be very much appreciated if American publishers "stayed away" from the Manning text.
Manning finally found a home for the book at the maverick publishing house Lyle Stuart. In retaliation, the head of the publishing house had his legs broken the week the book was released and reviews of the book were blocked in major newspaper markets and mainstream publications. In
1993, after another decade of intense research, Manning's son Jerry, was senselessly and inexplicably murdered. Based on information garnered from his contacts in the intelligence community, Manning concluded the killing was in retaliation for his continued work and intent to publish a follow-up book, "In Search of Martin Bormann". The death of his son devastated Manning and stymied completion of the 2nd book. He died
shortly after in 1995.
In December 1998, California-based researcher and broadcaster Dave Emory conducted a live, on-air radio interview ... with Manning's surviving son, Peter, concerning the Bormann flight capital organization and his father's work in bringing its activities to light. Peter movingly ecounted the difficulties his family experienced as a result of his father's work on the book. In addition to surveillance and harassment, the family experienced economic and mental hardship as a result of deliberate efforts by elements hostile to its message. For obvious reasons, copies of this book were assiduously removed from market and have, for some time, been unobtainable. This landmark work nonetheless remains the
unvarnished truth regarding Germany's post-war economic rebirth and lays the groundwork for understanding its current bid for dominance in manufacturing, banking and most importantly, publishing. "Martin Bormann: Nazi in Exile" is without peer in detail, accuracy and courage in probing the most important and successfully concealed story of the twentieth century. Mandatory reading.
Anticipating the defeat of the Third Reich, Reichsleiter Martin Bormann set up 750 corporations in neutral countries, primed as vehicles to receive the liquid wealth of Germany in addition to patents and other proprietary industrial information. An organizational genius and the real power behind Hitler, Bormann, known as the "Brown Eminence", successfully fled Europe for South America and administered a "Reich in
Exile" in the years following the war. With remnants of the SS as an enforcement arm, former Gestapo chief General Heinrich Mueller as security director, the 750 corporations as a base of economic power and the willing silence and cooperation of the Western Allies, Bormann guided his organization to a position of consummate power. One banker quoted by Manning termed the Bormann Organization, the "world's most important accumulation of money power under one control in history". Controlling Germany's major corporations, the Federal Republic itself and much of Latin America, the Bormann Organization also maintained a formidable circle of influence in the United States. Paul Manning has written the definitive text on the Bormann Organization.
Manning worked with CBS radio during World War II in London as a member of the elite Edward R. Murrow/Walter Cronkite team. As part ofhis coverage duties, he was the only member actually allowed to fly on U.S. Air Force missions as a fully functional crew member. Having qualified as a gunner, his flights included B-17 missions with the 8th Air Force over Germany and several B-29 missions to Japan. On behalf of
CBS, he broadcasted the surrenders of Japan and Germany. In 1948, along with fifteen other distinguished war correspondents, he was awarded a medal for his reporting of the unconditional surrender of the Germans at Rheims. After the war Manning continued his journalistic profession and also served as a speechwriter for Nelson Rockefeller.
Several decades after WWII, Manning stumbled across the U.S. military CSDIC (Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centers) interviews of members of German industrial and banking magnates in the US National Archives. Aghast at the findings, Manning set out to write a book about the secret machinations of Nazi money laundering. Unknown to Manning, the manuscript was a stake in the heart of former CIA director Allen Dulles (brother of John Foster Dulles) who represented many German interests on both sides of the Atlantic during the 1930's and 40's through his law firm of Sullivan and Cromwell with offices in New York and Berlin. Upon the German surrender, Dulles was instrumental in quietly recruiting Hitler's chief intelligence officer General Reinhard Gehlen and many of his key operatives. They were brought to Fort Hunt, Virginia and folded into the American O.S.S. which was converted into the C.I.A. with enactment under Truman of NSC-68 in 1948. Gehlen remained covertly in full U.S. employ until returning to head the German BND in the fifties.
Concerned over public exposure of Manning's investigation, Dulles volunteered to "help" the unsuspecting Manning with his manuscript, and sent him on a carefully orchestrated wild goose chase, searching for Martin Bormann in South America. Without knowing that he had been deliberately sidetracked, Manning wrote a forward to his book personally thanking Allen Dulles for his assurance that "I was on the right track"
and "should keep going." In actuality, Dulles' assistance was aimed at sending Manning and his manuscript into obscurity to avoid disclosure of the transfer and protection of Nazi money.
Through its connections with major American corporations, the Bormann group successfully pressured publisher after publisher to decline Manning's manuscript. Of particular significance in the suppression of Manning's book was the Thyssen family.(patriarch Fritz Thyssen was
Hitler's earliest and most prominent backer among German industrialists) His grandson, Count Zichy-Thyssen, who controlled Thyssen Steel from his base in Argentina, let it be known it would be very much appreciated if American publishers "stayed away" from the Manning text.
Manning finally found a home for the book at the maverick publishing house Lyle Stuart. In retaliation, the head of the publishing house had his legs broken the week the book was released and reviews of the book were blocked in major newspaper markets and mainstream publications. In
1993, after another decade of intense research, Manning's son Jerry, was senselessly and inexplicably murdered. Based on information garnered from his contacts in the intelligence community, Manning concluded the killing was in retaliation for his continued work and intent to publish a follow-up book, "In Search of Martin Bormann". The death of his son devastated Manning and stymied completion of the 2nd book. He died
shortly after in 1995.
In December 1998, California-based researcher and broadcaster Dave Emory conducted a live, on-air radio interview ... with Manning's surviving son, Peter, concerning the Bormann flight capital organization and his father's work in bringing its activities to light. Peter movingly ecounted the difficulties his family experienced as a result of his father's work on the book. In addition to surveillance and harassment, the family experienced economic and mental hardship as a result of deliberate efforts by elements hostile to its message. For obvious reasons, copies of this book were assiduously removed from market and have, for some time, been unobtainable. This landmark work nonetheless remains the
unvarnished truth regarding Germany's post-war economic rebirth and lays the groundwork for understanding its current bid for dominance in manufacturing, banking and most importantly, publishing. "Martin Bormann: Nazi in Exile" is without peer in detail, accuracy and courage in probing the most important and successfully concealed story of the twentieth century. Mandatory reading.
Friday, November 28, 2008
another alert! from an insightful Christian..
Here is an excerpt from a posting about fascism and the "Christian Right" found on Wikipedia
" I can’t help but recall the words of my ethics professor at Harvard Divinity School, Dr. James Luther Adams, who told us that when we were his age, and he was then close to eighty, we would all be fighting the “Christian fascists.”
He gave us that warning twenty-five years ago, when Pat Robertson and other prominent evangelists began speaking of a new political religion that would direct its efforts at taking control of all major Americcan institutions, including mainstream denominations and the government, so as to transform the United States into a global Christian empire. At the time, it was hard to take such fantastic, rhetoric seriously. But fascism, Adams warned, would not return wearing swastikas and brown shirts. Its ideological inheritors would cloak themselves in the language of the Bible; they would come carrying crosses and chanting the Pledge of Allegiance.
Adams had watched American intellectuals and industrialists flirt with fascism in the 1930’s. Mussollini’s “Corporatism,” which created an unchecked industrial and business aristocracy, had appealed to many at the time as an effective counterweight to the New Deal. In 1934, Fortune magazine lavished praise on the Italian dictator for his defanging of labor unions and his empowerment of industrialists at the expense of workers. Then as now, Adams said, too many liberals failed to understand the power and allure of evil, and when the radical Christians came, these people would undoubtedly play by the old, polite rules of democracy long after those in power had begun to dismantle the democratic state. Adams had watched German academics fall silent or conform. He knew how desperately people want to believe the comfortable lies told by totalitarian movements, how easily those lies lull moderates into passivity.
Adams told us to watch closely the Christian right’s persecution of homosexuals and lesbians. Hitler, he reminded us, promised to restore moral values not long after he took power in 1933, then imposed a ban on all homosexual and lesbian organizations and publications. Then came raids on the places where homosexuals gathered, culminating on May 6, 1933, with the ransacking of the Institute for Sexual Science in Berlin. Homosexuals and lesbians, Adams said, would be the first “deviants” singled out by the Christian right. We would be the next."
We cannot be complacent when religious conservatives in our own country, as well as the US, demonize gays and lesbians under the guise of protecting the 'family'. It's easy for Canadians to be complacent because of our same-sex marriage laws, but we need to be vigilant in protecting those hard-won rights. And if heteros think it doesn't concern them, they're mistaken. They'll be coming after women next. David Sweet anyone?
" I can’t help but recall the words of my ethics professor at Harvard Divinity School, Dr. James Luther Adams, who told us that when we were his age, and he was then close to eighty, we would all be fighting the “Christian fascists.”
He gave us that warning twenty-five years ago, when Pat Robertson and other prominent evangelists began speaking of a new political religion that would direct its efforts at taking control of all major Americcan institutions, including mainstream denominations and the government, so as to transform the United States into a global Christian empire. At the time, it was hard to take such fantastic, rhetoric seriously. But fascism, Adams warned, would not return wearing swastikas and brown shirts. Its ideological inheritors would cloak themselves in the language of the Bible; they would come carrying crosses and chanting the Pledge of Allegiance.
Adams had watched American intellectuals and industrialists flirt with fascism in the 1930’s. Mussollini’s “Corporatism,” which created an unchecked industrial and business aristocracy, had appealed to many at the time as an effective counterweight to the New Deal. In 1934, Fortune magazine lavished praise on the Italian dictator for his defanging of labor unions and his empowerment of industrialists at the expense of workers. Then as now, Adams said, too many liberals failed to understand the power and allure of evil, and when the radical Christians came, these people would undoubtedly play by the old, polite rules of democracy long after those in power had begun to dismantle the democratic state. Adams had watched German academics fall silent or conform. He knew how desperately people want to believe the comfortable lies told by totalitarian movements, how easily those lies lull moderates into passivity.
Adams told us to watch closely the Christian right’s persecution of homosexuals and lesbians. Hitler, he reminded us, promised to restore moral values not long after he took power in 1933, then imposed a ban on all homosexual and lesbian organizations and publications. Then came raids on the places where homosexuals gathered, culminating on May 6, 1933, with the ransacking of the Institute for Sexual Science in Berlin. Homosexuals and lesbians, Adams said, would be the first “deviants” singled out by the Christian right. We would be the next."
We cannot be complacent when religious conservatives in our own country, as well as the US, demonize gays and lesbians under the guise of protecting the 'family'. It's easy for Canadians to be complacent because of our same-sex marriage laws, but we need to be vigilant in protecting those hard-won rights. And if heteros think it doesn't concern them, they're mistaken. They'll be coming after women next. David Sweet anyone?
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Shouting Fascism on a crowded Main Street
WHAT IS FASCISM?
Our first essay on the taboo subject of "Fascism" is written by a Christian who is alarmed by the growth of Fascism within the Christian community and the "Church" at large.
The emergence of powerful "fascist leaning", Church leaders and bible teachers, advocating a "Christian Theocracy" that dominate and prevail in the "Christian" discourse in our nation, has so silenced and stupefied and so brainwashed the general "Christian" community, that any voice of opposition to that howling and frantic, so called, "conservative" (ie dogmatic), message within the church, is branded a heresy and that person is marginalized and removed from the roles in many instances.
The Christian Right, (ie Pat Robertson, James Dobson, and a whole host of "celebrity" evangelists and teachers), with the collaboration of the major media and the radical right wing of our political spectrum, has, for the last twenty five or more years, built an "acceptable Christian opinions", that all but overwhelm the rest of Christendom.
Here with Steve Shearer, is a "Voice in the Wilderness", a long needed corrective and a poultice, for the gaping wounds that have crippled and disabled the body of Christ for far too long.
By: S.R. Shearer
August 1, 2008
INTRODUCTION
Over the past number of years I have received a great many letters and emails chiding me for over-emphasizing the danger of fascism insofar as the United States is concerned. Typical of these letters is the following:
"Mr. Shearer:
"Your constant reference to the danger of fascism in the United States is ridiculous. The groups that subscribe to that … [mindset] are at best miniscule and only inhabit the fringes of our society. Groups like the KKK, the Aryan Nations, the civilian militias, the Aryan Brotherhood and so forth are jokes. They have no large following. You are way off the mark in your concern for fascism, at least as it pertains to the United States."
The fact is, however, I'm not the one who is "off the mark;" he is the one. In ascribing fascism merely to fringe groups such as the "KKK, the Aryan Nations, the civilian militias, the Aryan Brotherhood," etc. the writer here exhibits an ignorance of fascism that is not only shocking, but dangerous! Nonetheless, while it's shocking, this understanding of what fascism is, is typical of people in the United States.
Senator PrescotBush, George Bush Sr.'s father and George W. Bush's grandfather was a "secret" financier of Adolph Hitler before and during World War ll..and act of treason.
As a result of these letters, emails and other correspondences, I have felt it necessary to provide a broader definition of fascism than most Americans have been provided with, a definition that should send shivers up and down your spines as you read this material and ponder just how close the United States is to being subsumed in a fascist state. [We urge you to read this material in conjunction with our new article, "Transitioning from Christianity to Fascism."]
WHAT THEN IS FASCISM?
In their book, The Nazi Hydra in America - a book highly recommended by Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, Glen Yeardon and John Hawkins write:
"Few other words cause more confusion … than fascism. It is often used in the sense of extreme repression. Often the understanding of fascism is limited to the Nazis and repression. The term has been applied to many individuals, such as Joseph McCarthy, J. Edgar Hoover, and others. It is frequently - often wrongly - used to describe police and law enforcement, and government and its policies …
"What then is fascism exactly? Webster's Dictionary defines it as: 'A government system marked by a centralized dictatorship, stringent socioeconomic controls and belligerent nationalism' …
"According to [President] Franklin Roosevelt:
'The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by … a group or any controlling private power'.
Yeardon and Hawkins suggest that we begin with Roosevelt's definition: that fascism is a form of government that exists (often amidst the trappings of democracy) for the benefit of a few over and against the benefit of the many.
They continue:
"Another good definition of fascism comes from Heywood Broun, a noted American columnist in the 1930s:
'Fascism is a dictatorship from the extreme right, or to put it a little more closely into our local idiom, a government which is run by a small group of large industrialists and financial lords … I think it is not unfair to say that any businessman in America, or public leader, who goes out to break unions is laying the foundations for fascism'."
What Broun has done here is to enlarge the definition of fascism to include a system of government that stands against the economic expression of worker's rights; in other words, it is the antithesis of socialism. It places the rights of "management" above the rights of workers; the rights of the rich over and against the rights of the poor. Indeed, it anathematizes the poor.
Yeardon and Hawkins then add Upton Sinclair's definition of fascism:
"Fascism is capitalism plus murder."
This makes sense because it cannot possibly be imagined that "average people" would of their own volition support a government that places the interests of the few above the interests of the many; the interests of the rich above the interests of "average people."
Finally, Yeardon and Hawkins give their own definition, which in essence sums up the definitions cited above:
"This book (meaning The Nazi Hydra in America) defines fascism as follows, with one condition. Fascism is a repressive totalitarian regime in which a small elite controls and uses the government for their [own] benefit. Any action by the government that places the rights of a corporation or a group of elites above the rights of the people is a step toward fascism."
NOTE: When one connects this definition of fascism to Professor C. Wright Mill's (Columbia University) description of the state of elite power in the United States, one is left shivering at how close to fascism the country has moved in recent years:
"... in this particular epoch a conjunction of historical circumstances has led to the rise of an elite of power ... the men of the circles composing this elite, severally and collectively, now make such key decisions as are made; and that, given the enlargement and the centralization of the means of power now available, the decisions that they make and fail to make carry more consequences for more people than has ever been the case in the world history of mankind."
NOTE: Finally, one should take note of the fact that fascism is not always or even necessarily connected to anti-Semitism. The fascist regimes of Benito Moussolin in Italy, Francisco Franco in Spain and Augusto Pinochet in Chile were not anti-Semitic. Thus, the fact that those elements in the United States that are disposed towards fascism are NOT anti-Semitic - specifically, the Religious Right - should not give anyone reason to believe that fascism is not alive and well in the United States. [Please see our article, "The Supermen of the International Christian Embassy's Feast of Tabernacles."]
WHEN DOES FASCISM OCCUR?
Eisenhower warns US about the emergence of rampant Capitalism (ie Fascism), the now ultra powerful Miolitary Industrial Complex.
The "one condition" that Yeardon and Hawkins cite is the difficulty in defining exactly when a capitalist democracy transcends IRREVOCABLY into a fascist state that is controlled by the few over and against the interests of the many, where the rich are exalted and the poor are anathematized, where all forms of socialism are damned, where unions are busted and where brutal repression is used to keep "average citizens" in line.
Yeardon and Hawkins explain:
"The one flaw in this definition (see above) is that it fails to delineate the transformation from a capitalist democracy to a fascist state. For instance, when did Germany become a fascist state? Did it occur with Hitler's approval as chancellor? Or was it before or after Hitler's appointment?
"While the March 1933 election was not free, nevertheless, the Nazi Party failed to gain a majority in the Reichstag. Thus it can be argued that the transformation occurred after that election. However, Germany was well along the road to a full fascist state before Hitler's appointment - [just as the United States is today, and that even prior to the appearance of the long-looked-for Restitutor Orbis].
"The lack of a clear line marking the transformation [from a capitalist democracy] to a fascist state points again to the movement's insidious nature … [For this reason] … it is best to look at the traits that explore the degree of fascism …"
TRANSITIONING FROM A CAPITALIST DEMOCRACY TO A FASCIST STATE
Yeardon and Hawkins rely on a series of traits listed by political scientist Lawrence Brin to measure just how far down the path towards fascism a capitalist democracy is; to gauge the degree to which the elites have seized control of the state for their own interests.
FIRST
Since fascism is a rebellion by the elites to preserve their own power against the "Great Unwashed Masses" fascism is first and foremost a "top-down revolution or movement." This is the primary reason that fascism begins in times of economic dislocation - when the elites believe their economic interests are at risk from a revolt by the "people." While large numbers of followers of fascism such as Hitler's Brown Shirts came from the middle and lower classes, the elite of German society controlled the party. It was only after Hitler assured prominent business leaders of his opposition to socialism and unions that he gained power. [Please see our articles, "A Revolt against Elite Power Is in the Air, and the Elites Are Breathing Fire Against It," "The Divergence of the Rich from the Poor," "Lee Kyang: The Rich and the Poor; God and America," "The Versailles Phenomenon" and "The Third World as a Model for the New World Order."]
SECOND
The elites launch a campaign that emphasizes a disdain for intellectuals, socialists and liberal views. This campaign includes gaining control of the so-called "mass media." [Please see "Judi Bari, Darryl Cherney and Earth First" and "The Death of Gary Webb;" please also see "The Corporate State and the Mass Media."]
THIRD
This opens the door for an attack on the trade union movement. Such an attack is necessary because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist regime. In the end, "labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are co-opted and severely suppressed." [Please see "The United States: Replicating the Slave Economy of the Old South and Leaving Average Citizens to Sink into Poverty," "Capitalism and Christianity" and "The Deceitfulness of Riches and the Marxist Paradigm."]
FOURTH
In the absence of powerful unions and / or socialist political parties, the elites create a situation in the state where -
Corporate Power is Protected: The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist state often puts government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business-government relationship and power elite
Rampant Cronyism and Corruption: Fascist regimes are almost always governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions, and then use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
Unbridled Corporatism: The corporate leaders direct government policy for their own benefit. Fascism reduces controls on business and suppresses or bans unions.
[Please see our articles, "The Elite, Money and the End of Days," "The Derivatives Market," "Greed, Avarice and the Coming Dictatorship."]
FIFTH
The successful execution of steps three and four (above) cannot help but lead to extreme exploitation: Fascist regimes inevitably reduce people to objects of commerce; the worth of an individual is measured by his usefulness to "management," and ultimately to the state. Citizenship may be revoked from groups of people to exploit them and seize their property. [Please see our articles, "The Measure of a Man's Worth," "Making Men Cogs in a Machine" and "The United States: Replicating the Slave Economy of the Old South and Leaving Average Citizens to Sink into Poverty."]
SIXTH
Because it cannot be imagined that "the people" would willingly subject themselves to the kind of economic exploitation envisioned in step five (above), the elites are forced to employ:
Violence and terror: Fascist regimes use violence and terror to intimidate "the people" and gain and preserve their cruel and brutal power. Hitler had his Brown Shirts intimidate voters and opposition leaders by starting street brawls and even murdering the opposition. Once in power, he used the Gestapo, the state secret police, to root out and remove any opposition.
Destructive divisiveness: All politicians use division to win elections. However, under fascism, the divisiveness is uniquely destructive and often takes the form of racism, class warfare or even genocide.
[Please see our article, "Beware! - All Those Who Don't Fit into America's Euro-Centric, Christian Culture: The Brownshirts Are Coming for You" and "Measuring the Depravity of the Elites."]
SEVENTH
As unions are busted, corporate power strengthened, workers reduced to a state of penury, divisiveness in the over-all population encouraged, etc., the elites begin to promote an obsession with crime and punishment as a ruse behind which they can bring to bear the authority of the state against their political opposition under color of the criminal code. [Please see our articles, "The Utility of Police Brutality in the Elite's War against the Poor," "The Watcher's Are Watching You" and "Dealing with the Human Trash of America's New World Order System."]
EIGHTH
As the elites continue down their undemocratic path, fraudulent elections increase. Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times, elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against political opponents; often assassination is employed; use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries and manipulation of the media are employed. Fascist nations also typically use the judiciary to manipulate or control elections. [Please see our articles, "The Truth about What's Happening in the Ukraine: Managing Democracy," "The Bolivarian Revolution Reaches America's Southern Border" and "Obrador's Parallel Leftist Government in Mexico City and the Spread of Chavezism;" finally, one has only to remember how the election of 2000 was rigged to understand how elections are being manipulated in the United States.]
It is here, at the ninth step of the transition of a capitalist democracy to a fascist state, that Christianity becomes so essential to the process - at least in Western societies. We URGE you, therefore, to carefully study our new article, "Transitioning from Christianity to a Fascist State."
NINTH
As the power of the elites grows ever more autocratic and undemocratic, the elites are forced to resort to sources other than "the people" to justify their continued rule. Government "of the people, by the people and for the people" has now become nothing more than an empty phrase. It's at this point that the elites inevitably turn to religion in one form or another to justify their rule, and religion and government are intertwined. Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Government leaders frequently use religious rhetoric, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions. [We URGE you to read our new article, "Transitioning from Christianity to Fascism;" please also see our articles "Political Christianity" and "Regnum and Sacerdotium;" please also see "The Rich Have Seized Control of the Church."]
TENTH
As religion is ever more pressed into service by the elites to justify their undemocratic rule, rampant sexism becomes the norm: As a result, the governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation. [Again, we URGE you to read our new article, "Transitioning from Christianity to Fascism," especially the section dealing with misogynism.]
ELEVENTH
As religion continues to be pressed into service by the elites to justify their increasingly autocratic rule, those who fall outside the parameters of the state's religion and culture are identified as enemies and scapegoats. This usually translates into an unremitting persecution of -
Racial minorities.
Ethnic minorities.
Religious minorities.
Liberals.
Communists.
Socialists.
The gay and lesbian community.
[Again, please see our article, "Beware! - All Those Who Don't Fit into America's Euro-Centric, Christian Culture: The Brownshirts Are Coming for You;" please also see our articles, "The Creation of an Enemy Absolute Beginning First with the Gay and Lesbian Community," "The Hamitic Hypothesis," "Growing Rage in America's Heartland," "The Rutherford Institute and R.J. Rushdooney."]
TWELFTH
As the state gradually takes on a homogenous religious and cultural hue, a powerful nationalism begins to take hold on "the people." Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottoes, slogans, songs and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing, in churches, and in public displays. [Please see "Birth of a Christian Police State" and "Blowback: Creating a Monster Bent on Devouring Its Maker,"]
THIRTEENTH
Protection of the "homeland," the culture," and the country's religion become paramount - which leads to an obsession with national security. Supremacy of the military is emphasized, and it is given a disproportionate amount of government funding; the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized. [Please see our articles, "Your Ability to Travel in the New Paradigm," "Life in a Surveillance Society," "Police Brutality: Securing Control of the Streets for the Elites," "Disappearing and Imprisoning Enemies of the State" and "Welcome to the New National Security State."]
FOURTEENTH
Out of the religious atmosphere that the state fosters, it is inevitable that a cult-like messiah figure will emerge surrounded by a cadre of cult-like followers. The development of a messiah-like figure has been common to every fascist state. ["The Principles of Messianic Leadership;" please see Chapter XI of the New Antipas Papers, "Antichrist: King of Babylon."]
UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN A FASCIST STATE
These, then, are the steps common in the development of a fascist state as envisioned by Yeardon and Hawkins - and if that's the case, even the most casual observer can see that the United States is well down the path towards fascism. [We urge you to study the documentation attached to every one of these steps.]
The most critical steps toward fascism begin with the NINTH step in this process - the fusion of religion with the state. While this has not fully occurred yet in the United States, it has certainly occurred within the Republican Party, and it may be completed as a "white reaction" to an Obama presidency. [Please see our article, "Does Obama's Candidacy Signify an End to Racial Hatred in the United States? - That's Not What the Bible Indicates."]
David Ray Griffin has written six books uncovering the conspiracy of "domestic" fascists on Septembr 11th. Mr. Griffin is a Christian Thologian (with a spine and God's Spirit)
WE URGE YOU, THEREFORE, TO TAKE THE TIME TO READ OUR ARTICLE, "TRANSITIONING FROM CHRISTIANITY TO FASCISM" IN ORDER THAT YOU MIGHT GAIN A FULLER APPRECIATION OF THE FORCES AT WORK IN THE UNITED STATES - ESPECIALLY INSOFAR AS THE NINTH STEP IN THIS PROCESS IS CONCERNED, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT FOLLOW IT (i.e., STEPS TEN THROUGH FOURTEEN). IT IS THE FUSION OF RELIGION AND THE STATE THAT - IN THE END - CREATES A FASCIST STATE.
S.R. Shearer,
http://www.antipasministries.com/html/file0000283.htm
The emergence of powerful "fascist leaning", Church leaders and bible teachers, advocating a "Christian Theocracy" that dominate and prevail in the "Christian" discourse in our nation, has so silenced and stupefied and so brainwashed the general "Christian" community, that any voice of opposition to that howling and frantic, so called, "conservative" (ie dogmatic), message within the church, is branded a heresy and that person is marginalized and removed from the roles in many instances.
The Christian Right, (ie Pat Robertson, James Dobson, and a whole host of "celebrity" evangelists and teachers), with the collaboration of the major media and the radical right wing of our political spectrum, has, for the last twenty five or more years, built an "acceptable Christian opinions", that all but overwhelm the rest of Christendom.
Here with Steve Shearer, is a "Voice in the Wilderness", a long needed corrective and a poultice, for the gaping wounds that have crippled and disabled the body of Christ for far too long.
By: S.R. Shearer
August 1, 2008
INTRODUCTION
Over the past number of years I have received a great many letters and emails chiding me for over-emphasizing the danger of fascism insofar as the United States is concerned. Typical of these letters is the following:
"Mr. Shearer:
"Your constant reference to the danger of fascism in the United States is ridiculous. The groups that subscribe to that … [mindset] are at best miniscule and only inhabit the fringes of our society. Groups like the KKK, the Aryan Nations, the civilian militias, the Aryan Brotherhood and so forth are jokes. They have no large following. You are way off the mark in your concern for fascism, at least as it pertains to the United States."
The fact is, however, I'm not the one who is "off the mark;" he is the one. In ascribing fascism merely to fringe groups such as the "KKK, the Aryan Nations, the civilian militias, the Aryan Brotherhood," etc. the writer here exhibits an ignorance of fascism that is not only shocking, but dangerous! Nonetheless, while it's shocking, this understanding of what fascism is, is typical of people in the United States.
Senator PrescotBush, George Bush Sr.'s father and George W. Bush's grandfather was a "secret" financier of Adolph Hitler before and during World War ll..and act of treason.
As a result of these letters, emails and other correspondences, I have felt it necessary to provide a broader definition of fascism than most Americans have been provided with, a definition that should send shivers up and down your spines as you read this material and ponder just how close the United States is to being subsumed in a fascist state. [We urge you to read this material in conjunction with our new article, "Transitioning from Christianity to Fascism."]
WHAT THEN IS FASCISM?
In their book, The Nazi Hydra in America - a book highly recommended by Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, Glen Yeardon and John Hawkins write:
"Few other words cause more confusion … than fascism. It is often used in the sense of extreme repression. Often the understanding of fascism is limited to the Nazis and repression. The term has been applied to many individuals, such as Joseph McCarthy, J. Edgar Hoover, and others. It is frequently - often wrongly - used to describe police and law enforcement, and government and its policies …
"What then is fascism exactly? Webster's Dictionary defines it as: 'A government system marked by a centralized dictatorship, stringent socioeconomic controls and belligerent nationalism' …
"According to [President] Franklin Roosevelt:
'The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by … a group or any controlling private power'.
Yeardon and Hawkins suggest that we begin with Roosevelt's definition: that fascism is a form of government that exists (often amidst the trappings of democracy) for the benefit of a few over and against the benefit of the many.
They continue:
"Another good definition of fascism comes from Heywood Broun, a noted American columnist in the 1930s:
'Fascism is a dictatorship from the extreme right, or to put it a little more closely into our local idiom, a government which is run by a small group of large industrialists and financial lords … I think it is not unfair to say that any businessman in America, or public leader, who goes out to break unions is laying the foundations for fascism'."
What Broun has done here is to enlarge the definition of fascism to include a system of government that stands against the economic expression of worker's rights; in other words, it is the antithesis of socialism. It places the rights of "management" above the rights of workers; the rights of the rich over and against the rights of the poor. Indeed, it anathematizes the poor.
Yeardon and Hawkins then add Upton Sinclair's definition of fascism:
"Fascism is capitalism plus murder."
This makes sense because it cannot possibly be imagined that "average people" would of their own volition support a government that places the interests of the few above the interests of the many; the interests of the rich above the interests of "average people."
Finally, Yeardon and Hawkins give their own definition, which in essence sums up the definitions cited above:
"This book (meaning The Nazi Hydra in America) defines fascism as follows, with one condition. Fascism is a repressive totalitarian regime in which a small elite controls and uses the government for their [own] benefit. Any action by the government that places the rights of a corporation or a group of elites above the rights of the people is a step toward fascism."
NOTE: When one connects this definition of fascism to Professor C. Wright Mill's (Columbia University) description of the state of elite power in the United States, one is left shivering at how close to fascism the country has moved in recent years:
"... in this particular epoch a conjunction of historical circumstances has led to the rise of an elite of power ... the men of the circles composing this elite, severally and collectively, now make such key decisions as are made; and that, given the enlargement and the centralization of the means of power now available, the decisions that they make and fail to make carry more consequences for more people than has ever been the case in the world history of mankind."
NOTE: Finally, one should take note of the fact that fascism is not always or even necessarily connected to anti-Semitism. The fascist regimes of Benito Moussolin in Italy, Francisco Franco in Spain and Augusto Pinochet in Chile were not anti-Semitic. Thus, the fact that those elements in the United States that are disposed towards fascism are NOT anti-Semitic - specifically, the Religious Right - should not give anyone reason to believe that fascism is not alive and well in the United States. [Please see our article, "The Supermen of the International Christian Embassy's Feast of Tabernacles."]
WHEN DOES FASCISM OCCUR?
Eisenhower warns US about the emergence of rampant Capitalism (ie Fascism), the now ultra powerful Miolitary Industrial Complex.
The "one condition" that Yeardon and Hawkins cite is the difficulty in defining exactly when a capitalist democracy transcends IRREVOCABLY into a fascist state that is controlled by the few over and against the interests of the many, where the rich are exalted and the poor are anathematized, where all forms of socialism are damned, where unions are busted and where brutal repression is used to keep "average citizens" in line.
Yeardon and Hawkins explain:
"The one flaw in this definition (see above) is that it fails to delineate the transformation from a capitalist democracy to a fascist state. For instance, when did Germany become a fascist state? Did it occur with Hitler's approval as chancellor? Or was it before or after Hitler's appointment?
"While the March 1933 election was not free, nevertheless, the Nazi Party failed to gain a majority in the Reichstag. Thus it can be argued that the transformation occurred after that election. However, Germany was well along the road to a full fascist state before Hitler's appointment - [just as the United States is today, and that even prior to the appearance of the long-looked-for Restitutor Orbis].
"The lack of a clear line marking the transformation [from a capitalist democracy] to a fascist state points again to the movement's insidious nature … [For this reason] … it is best to look at the traits that explore the degree of fascism …"
TRANSITIONING FROM A CAPITALIST DEMOCRACY TO A FASCIST STATE
Yeardon and Hawkins rely on a series of traits listed by political scientist Lawrence Brin to measure just how far down the path towards fascism a capitalist democracy is; to gauge the degree to which the elites have seized control of the state for their own interests.
FIRST
Since fascism is a rebellion by the elites to preserve their own power against the "Great Unwashed Masses" fascism is first and foremost a "top-down revolution or movement." This is the primary reason that fascism begins in times of economic dislocation - when the elites believe their economic interests are at risk from a revolt by the "people." While large numbers of followers of fascism such as Hitler's Brown Shirts came from the middle and lower classes, the elite of German society controlled the party. It was only after Hitler assured prominent business leaders of his opposition to socialism and unions that he gained power. [Please see our articles, "A Revolt against Elite Power Is in the Air, and the Elites Are Breathing Fire Against It," "The Divergence of the Rich from the Poor," "Lee Kyang: The Rich and the Poor; God and America," "The Versailles Phenomenon" and "The Third World as a Model for the New World Order."]
SECOND
The elites launch a campaign that emphasizes a disdain for intellectuals, socialists and liberal views. This campaign includes gaining control of the so-called "mass media." [Please see "Judi Bari, Darryl Cherney and Earth First" and "The Death of Gary Webb;" please also see "The Corporate State and the Mass Media."]
THIRD
This opens the door for an attack on the trade union movement. Such an attack is necessary because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist regime. In the end, "labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are co-opted and severely suppressed." [Please see "The United States: Replicating the Slave Economy of the Old South and Leaving Average Citizens to Sink into Poverty," "Capitalism and Christianity" and "The Deceitfulness of Riches and the Marxist Paradigm."]
FOURTH
In the absence of powerful unions and / or socialist political parties, the elites create a situation in the state where -
Corporate Power is Protected: The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist state often puts government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business-government relationship and power elite
Rampant Cronyism and Corruption: Fascist regimes are almost always governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions, and then use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
Unbridled Corporatism: The corporate leaders direct government policy for their own benefit. Fascism reduces controls on business and suppresses or bans unions.
[Please see our articles, "The Elite, Money and the End of Days," "The Derivatives Market," "Greed, Avarice and the Coming Dictatorship."]
FIFTH
The successful execution of steps three and four (above) cannot help but lead to extreme exploitation: Fascist regimes inevitably reduce people to objects of commerce; the worth of an individual is measured by his usefulness to "management," and ultimately to the state. Citizenship may be revoked from groups of people to exploit them and seize their property. [Please see our articles, "The Measure of a Man's Worth," "Making Men Cogs in a Machine" and "The United States: Replicating the Slave Economy of the Old South and Leaving Average Citizens to Sink into Poverty."]
SIXTH
Because it cannot be imagined that "the people" would willingly subject themselves to the kind of economic exploitation envisioned in step five (above), the elites are forced to employ:
Violence and terror: Fascist regimes use violence and terror to intimidate "the people" and gain and preserve their cruel and brutal power. Hitler had his Brown Shirts intimidate voters and opposition leaders by starting street brawls and even murdering the opposition. Once in power, he used the Gestapo, the state secret police, to root out and remove any opposition.
Destructive divisiveness: All politicians use division to win elections. However, under fascism, the divisiveness is uniquely destructive and often takes the form of racism, class warfare or even genocide.
[Please see our article, "Beware! - All Those Who Don't Fit into America's Euro-Centric, Christian Culture: The Brownshirts Are Coming for You" and "Measuring the Depravity of the Elites."]
SEVENTH
As unions are busted, corporate power strengthened, workers reduced to a state of penury, divisiveness in the over-all population encouraged, etc., the elites begin to promote an obsession with crime and punishment as a ruse behind which they can bring to bear the authority of the state against their political opposition under color of the criminal code. [Please see our articles, "The Utility of Police Brutality in the Elite's War against the Poor," "The Watcher's Are Watching You" and "Dealing with the Human Trash of America's New World Order System."]
EIGHTH
As the elites continue down their undemocratic path, fraudulent elections increase. Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times, elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against political opponents; often assassination is employed; use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries and manipulation of the media are employed. Fascist nations also typically use the judiciary to manipulate or control elections. [Please see our articles, "The Truth about What's Happening in the Ukraine: Managing Democracy," "The Bolivarian Revolution Reaches America's Southern Border" and "Obrador's Parallel Leftist Government in Mexico City and the Spread of Chavezism;" finally, one has only to remember how the election of 2000 was rigged to understand how elections are being manipulated in the United States.]
It is here, at the ninth step of the transition of a capitalist democracy to a fascist state, that Christianity becomes so essential to the process - at least in Western societies. We URGE you, therefore, to carefully study our new article, "Transitioning from Christianity to a Fascist State."
NINTH
As the power of the elites grows ever more autocratic and undemocratic, the elites are forced to resort to sources other than "the people" to justify their continued rule. Government "of the people, by the people and for the people" has now become nothing more than an empty phrase. It's at this point that the elites inevitably turn to religion in one form or another to justify their rule, and religion and government are intertwined. Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Government leaders frequently use religious rhetoric, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions. [We URGE you to read our new article, "Transitioning from Christianity to Fascism;" please also see our articles "Political Christianity" and "Regnum and Sacerdotium;" please also see "The Rich Have Seized Control of the Church."]
TENTH
As religion is ever more pressed into service by the elites to justify their undemocratic rule, rampant sexism becomes the norm: As a result, the governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation. [Again, we URGE you to read our new article, "Transitioning from Christianity to Fascism," especially the section dealing with misogynism.]
ELEVENTH
As religion continues to be pressed into service by the elites to justify their increasingly autocratic rule, those who fall outside the parameters of the state's religion and culture are identified as enemies and scapegoats. This usually translates into an unremitting persecution of -
Racial minorities.
Ethnic minorities.
Religious minorities.
Liberals.
Communists.
Socialists.
The gay and lesbian community.
[Again, please see our article, "Beware! - All Those Who Don't Fit into America's Euro-Centric, Christian Culture: The Brownshirts Are Coming for You;" please also see our articles, "The Creation of an Enemy Absolute Beginning First with the Gay and Lesbian Community," "The Hamitic Hypothesis," "Growing Rage in America's Heartland," "The Rutherford Institute and R.J. Rushdooney."]
TWELFTH
As the state gradually takes on a homogenous religious and cultural hue, a powerful nationalism begins to take hold on "the people." Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottoes, slogans, songs and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing, in churches, and in public displays. [Please see "Birth of a Christian Police State" and "Blowback: Creating a Monster Bent on Devouring Its Maker,"]
THIRTEENTH
Protection of the "homeland," the culture," and the country's religion become paramount - which leads to an obsession with national security. Supremacy of the military is emphasized, and it is given a disproportionate amount of government funding; the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized. [Please see our articles, "Your Ability to Travel in the New Paradigm," "Life in a Surveillance Society," "Police Brutality: Securing Control of the Streets for the Elites," "Disappearing and Imprisoning Enemies of the State" and "Welcome to the New National Security State."]
FOURTEENTH
Out of the religious atmosphere that the state fosters, it is inevitable that a cult-like messiah figure will emerge surrounded by a cadre of cult-like followers. The development of a messiah-like figure has been common to every fascist state. ["The Principles of Messianic Leadership;" please see Chapter XI of the New Antipas Papers, "Antichrist: King of Babylon."]
UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN A FASCIST STATE
These, then, are the steps common in the development of a fascist state as envisioned by Yeardon and Hawkins - and if that's the case, even the most casual observer can see that the United States is well down the path towards fascism. [We urge you to study the documentation attached to every one of these steps.]
The most critical steps toward fascism begin with the NINTH step in this process - the fusion of religion with the state. While this has not fully occurred yet in the United States, it has certainly occurred within the Republican Party, and it may be completed as a "white reaction" to an Obama presidency. [Please see our article, "Does Obama's Candidacy Signify an End to Racial Hatred in the United States? - That's Not What the Bible Indicates."]
David Ray Griffin has written six books uncovering the conspiracy of "domestic" fascists on Septembr 11th. Mr. Griffin is a Christian Thologian (with a spine and God's Spirit)
WE URGE YOU, THEREFORE, TO TAKE THE TIME TO READ OUR ARTICLE, "TRANSITIONING FROM CHRISTIANITY TO FASCISM" IN ORDER THAT YOU MIGHT GAIN A FULLER APPRECIATION OF THE FORCES AT WORK IN THE UNITED STATES - ESPECIALLY INSOFAR AS THE NINTH STEP IN THIS PROCESS IS CONCERNED, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT FOLLOW IT (i.e., STEPS TEN THROUGH FOURTEEN). IT IS THE FUSION OF RELIGION AND THE STATE THAT - IN THE END - CREATES A FASCIST STATE.
S.R. Shearer,
http://www.antipasministries.com/html/file0000283.htm
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